7-1-1
This Charter may be replaced, revised or amended in accordance
with the provisions of the Constitution of the Commonwealth and general
law.
7-2-1
To the extent that any specific provision of this Charter shall
conflict with any general provision thereof, the specific provision
shall prevail.
7-3-1
The provisions of this Charter are severable. If any provision
of this Charter is held invalid, the remaining Charter provisions
shall not be affected thereby. If the application of the Charter or
any of its provisions to any person or circumstance is held invalid,
the application of this Charter and its provisions to other persons
and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
7-4-1
All boards, commissions and committees of the Town shall organize
annually and elect a Chairman and other necessary officers, establish
a majority quorum requirement for meetings, adopt rules of procedure
and voting and maintain minutes of its proceedings, copies of which
shall be a public record signed by the Clerk of each board and filed
regularly with the Town Clerk. All such boards shall conduct their
meetings in accordance with the open meeting provisions of general
law.
[Amended by Ch. 331, Acts of 2010, approved at referendum 11-2-2010]
7-5-1
In counting days under this Charter, every calendar day shall
be counted, including Sundays and all holidays.
7-6-1
Elections and appointments to boards, commissions and committees
consisting of more than one (1) member and terms of office greater
than one (1) year shall be made so that terms overlap. Terms of an
equal, or as nearly equal as may be, number of board, commission or
committee members shall expire each year.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 7, Suspensions and removals,
which immediately followed and was comprised of Sections 7-7-1 through
7-7-5, was repealed by Ch. 331, Acts of 2010, approved at referendum
11-2-2010.
